Final Trailer, Magazine and Poster

Evaluation Question 4: How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Evaluation Question 4: How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

I used blogger to document all of my work, show all of my progress and keep up to date. This is where all of my work is shown.

A normal digital camera was used to take all of my test shots/I wanted to find out which angles were best and most effective. I also wanted to find out which lighting conditions were the best so I was prepared when it came to taking my actual photos.

Garageband was used to create the sound for our trailer, using different instruments to create different sound effects, such as drum beats for thuds and stings. I also used garageband for my sound tests so I could work out how to use it and whats sounds were effective.

I used Solvr to work out what were going to name our film. By making a mind map of different names and reasons why we can/can't use them it was really helpful to see which were most likely and then decide from there.

We used iMovie to edit all of the footage of the trailer. We added effects, sound, text and lots of different transitions. We made the trailer on iMovie, and also used the record function to add extra voic eovers and sound.

We used iPhoto to import all photos that I took for my magazine and poster, and we also used it to upload all of the footage that we filmed. This was really helpful as it transferred everything onto the iMac ready to be edited.

iShowU was really helpful throughout the process of making my media products. I was able to show my progress to the moderator through making pod casts and demonstrate my skills on different programs. I was also able to use it during my evaluation which was really useful, as I was able to use an interesting technology, rather than just writing an essay.

The Sony Mini DV camera was used to film all of the footage that we filmed for the trailer. With a good quality camcorder, it meant that the footage was of  high quality, therefore the trailer looked more effective and more professional than it would if we were to just use a normal camera.

I used Photoshop to produce my film magazine and poster. This program was really helpful as it is meant that all of my work could be produced in one place. I could edit my photo, add text, change the colours, add effects use all the tools I wanted to make my products look effective.

I used Microsoft Powerpoint to create the pitch for my film so I could present it in an effective way. By using this program the pitch looked more professional, therefore made the idea look more appealing/

Prezi was really helpful when making my publication plan and presentation on my target audience. By creating a prezi it worked as a mindmap. I could refer back to this whenever I needed information to help me with my work as it document it in a quick and easy way.

Slideshare was a helpful technology as it allowed me to present my work in a more professional way than just writing an essay. It allowed me to upload slideshows onto my blog and made them easier to view.

The SLR camera was very important when making my magazine. By using a camera as a good as this, it meant that my photo was very clear and good quality, giving the magazine a more professional finish and a more effective look. I had experience on how to use an SLR from my AS work, therefore this was really easy.

Word it out allowed me to make decisions on certain things, such as the name of the production and distribution company logos. It created a mind map of words associated with the genre and the name of the film to help think of an effective name for the companies.

Question 3 - What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

Evaluation Question 3: What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Audience feedback turned out to be a lot more helpful than I imagined it would be. It has played a huge part in making important decisions in the production of my work. Even making decisions from the start, such as what genre we were going to make the trailer shows how much of an impact audience feedback has had on my work and how much I have learned from it.

Social Networking Feedback:
As Facebook and Twitter have mostly people of my age group on, which is my target audience, I often posted drafts of my magazine and poster and asked them what they though, their feedback and what I needed to change/improve. I changed things such as the colour schemes, the photos. This feedback helped me decided my fonts and photos for my magazine.

Audience Interviews:
The audience interviews that I carried out were really helpful. I asked them what they would expect to see in a film magazine, what genre trailer they would rather watch. I asked what they think would be conventional as a horror film. The most important piece of information that we gathered was the genre of the film.

Questionnaires:
On a few occasions I have handed questionnaires out across college, which is mainly my target audience. Questions such as: Which colours do you think would look better on a film magazine, do you think we should a voice over or not on the trailer. Asking what people would like to see in a horror film really helped, as the genre was already decided, but we found out what the audience would want to see.

Feedback Within The Media Class:
As we were unable to decide which storyline we preferred before the production of the trailer, we pitched it to our tutor, who told us to use the second storyline. We were still unsure, so we wrote the pitches down, and handed it around the class for them to create a tally of which one they preferred. we found out that they would rather see the second one, which is the one we used, so this feedback was very important and very useful, as we could have picked the wrong one and it turn out awful.

Other feedback from the media class was when every few weeks we would show the trailer, then our own individual magazines and posters to the class. We received feedback sheets telling us what we should improve and what they thought was good. On one of these showings, we specifically asked for feedback on the sound for the trailer as we were struggling with it. We asked what they think would be effective, which is where we decided that we would put a sound running almost all of the way through it. This also helped me decide on my colour scheme for my magazine, as I made it black white and red and received lots of positive feedback about it, therefore showing it must have been effective.

Evaluation Question 2: How effective is the combination of your main products and ancillary tasks?

Vox Pops

This is my final piece of audience feedback, in which I asked my audience if they thought that my products worked well together and if they looked connected and from the same production. I was pleased with the feedback as they said that the do think they work well and look effective together, because of things like the colour schemes and the fonts that I have used. They also said that the genre of horror was conveyed well throughout all three.

Evaluation Question 2: How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary tasks?

Evaluation Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop and challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Evaluation Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop and challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Evaluation Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop and challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Research and Planning: Magazine

Research and Planning: Trailer Edited So Far

Research and Planning: Poster to Date

Research and Planning: Magazine up to Date

Research and Planning: Trailer Feedback

My own personal feedback for my poster and magazine hasn't really give me many suggestions on what to improve other than maybe change the lighting of my photos. I got positive feedback though, suggesting that my magazine and poster have achieved the look I would like them to and they show the genre.

Feedback for the trailer is just little things that need changing, like someone said you can't read what it says on the mirror. This is something we can change as we can re-film and make the writing clearer. There was also a suggestion of putting a back screen at the very end so it doesn't freeze on the characters face, this is something we have already discussed and we are going to use the advice.
The main feedback we received was about the sound. When we showed the trailer the sound wasn't quite finished, therefore people could give feedback and their opinions as to what they thought would sound good. Someone suggested that we put a sound/music that runs all the way through the trailer which is something that we are going to look into as we quite like the idea. Another person who mentioned sound said we need more stings. This feedback is really helpful as we need sound that sticks to the genre so we are using this advice and adding more stings.
Another suggestion that we had was changing the fonts on the titles throughout the trailer. The font isn't quite horror enough to fit in, so we're going to find a new font that fits the genre.

Research and Planning: Magazine and Poster Progress

Research and Planning: Edit Log

Research and Planning: Magazine Progress

Research and Planning: Magazine So Far

Research and Planning: Poster so Far

Research and Planning: January Podcast

Research and Planning: Behind the Scenes

We got some last minute filming done and this is the make up we did.

Research and Planning: Film Poster

Research and Planning: Poster

Research and Planning: Unedited Footage

VIDEO0055 a video by sammi chapman on Flickr.

Research and Planning: Poster Progress

Research and Planning: Magazine Progress

Research and Planning: Unedited Footage

These videos are the footage that we got of the the main character when he is beaten up and captured. The footage is unedited, however it is currently being edited by Sam (who is in charge of editing). We are selecting parts of this footage to use for the cuts to the blurry shots of the main character. We have planned to film this weekend to get footage of when they are in the woods, which will be edited and uploaded next week along with the footage to be filmed in college, and then made into the trailer by the end of the week.

We are also going to take the sound out of these videos, (as you can tell we were talking over it), and make our own sound to fit over the footage.

Research and Planning: Filming Problems

We haven't been able to get much footage recently as we haven't been able to get all of the cast together at the same time. There have been a lot of exams meaning that it's difficult to find free time. We have managed to get some footage to use for the fuzzy parts of the beaten, captured main character which I will upload.

Research and Planning: Photos: Social Network Feedback

This one got 2 favourites.

This one didn't get any feedback.

This one got one favourite.

Although I didn't get much feedback on this one either, I still got an idea of which photo would be most effective to my audience. The first one got 2 favourites, the second didn't get any, and the last one got one. I will probably be using the first photo, as the last one won't make that much sense as his hands aren't tied back.

Research and Planning: Masthead: Social Network Feedback

Although I didn't get that much feed back on this one, 2 out of the 3 replies said the middle one. As this is the one preferred by the audience this is the one I will probably use.

Research and Planning: Team Meeting

In our team meeting today we realised that the film so far is becoming more of a murder mystery than a horror, therefore we have come to the conclusion that we will have to change some of the scenes and add more in to make it into a horror.

This is a new scene that we are going to add into it:

• Girl is in her bedroom on the phone to another character being watched through a gap in the wardrobe.

•  She hears a smash and goes to look what is happening.

• The shot will be a long shot of the girl walking out of her room cautiously

• The girl turns slightly, revealing somebody behind her

Research and Planning: Choosing a Photo

 These are the three photos that I like the best to use on my magazine or poster. I am unsure which one to use so I will get some audience feed back to see which one people prefer.

 This one might not be very effective as his hands are by his sides, suggesting that he is not tied up.

Research and Planning: Unedited Footage

Research and Planning: Masthead Font Change

I have decided that I don't like the font I have chosen for my magazine masthead.
I looked through all of the other fonts that I used as possibilities and have picked a new one. I have picked this one because it looks more smooth and modern.

This font is called Mouse Deco.

Research and Planning: Magazine and Poster Photoshoot